And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
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Gill's Exposition
And it was so from that day forward,.... Or "upwards" (x), of old, formerly; and so may refer either to what was done at the war with Midian, Num 31:27; or in the times of Abraham, Gen 14:23; and so…
Adam Clarke
He made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel - Nothing could be more just and proper than this law: he who stays at home to defend house and property, has an equal right to the booty taken by…
We have here an account of the distribution of the spoil which as taken from the Amalekites. When the Amalekites had carried away a rich booty from the land of Judah and the Philistines they spent it…
The division of the spoil
22. Then answered, &c. Then answered every wicked man and every worthless man … Because they went not with me. Each spoke for himself, in the true spirit of selfishness.